Reclaiming the Teaching Profession: Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education

Reclaiming the Teaching Profession: Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education
ISBN-10
1475810326
ISBN-13
9781475810325
Category
Education
Pages
175
Language
English
Published
2015-02-24
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
J. Amos Hatch

Description

Reclaiming the Teaching Profession gives educators (especially teachers and future teachers) and their allies a clear overview of the massive effort to dismantle public education in the United States, which includes a direct attack on teachers. The book details, and provides a systematic critique of, the shaky assumptions at the foundation of the market-based reform initiatives that dominate the contemporary education scene. It names and exposes the motives and methods of the powerful philanthropists, politicians, business moguls, and education entrepreneurs who are behind the reform movement. It provides counter narratives that public school advocates can use to talk back to those who would destroy the teaching profession and public education. It includes examples of successful acts of resistance and identifies resources for challenging reformers’ taken for granted primacy in the education debate. It concludes with strategies educators can use to “speak truth to power,” reclaim their professional status, and reshape the education landscape in ways that serve all of America’s children and preserve our democracy.

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